The State We're In
Hosted by Jonathan Groubert, the programme explores global events by talking to people directly affected. The focus is on human rights in the broadest sense of the term
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The State We're In - Two Enemies, One Heart
Two Enemies, One Heart. An Iranian saves an Iraqi soldier, ...
Two Enemies, One Heart. An Iranian saves an Iraqi soldier, risking his own in the process. That was 1982. Nearly 20 years later, and on the other side of the world, the two men meet again in another life-saving drama.
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The State We're In- Tough Lessons
Tough Lessons. A teacher in the UK turns around a ...
Tough Lessons. A teacher in the UK turns around a problem class, only to get fired. A Burmese student activist gets out of a death sentence. A teacher in Mexico sings songs to keep her class calm during a shooting. And a Kenyan woman recounts having to tell her best friend in high school that she... stinks.
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The State We're In - Decisions
A Rwandan mother flees the 1994 genocide on foot, with ...
A Rwandan mother flees the 1994 genocide on foot, with her infant son in tow. An Australian girl riding a panicked horse heading for the highway sings a song to it and saves her life. A woman in Louisiana once convicted of a so-called "crime against nature" becomes a horticulturalist, and a rickshaw driver in India explains how he became a local hero.
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The State We're In - Happy anyway
Jonathan Overfeld lost all memory of himself and didn't even ...
Jonathan Overfeld lost all memory of himself and didn't even recognise his life-partner. After playing a piano piece by Bach, his past came back to him and it was horrifying. A TSWI producer talks about his unforgettable meeting with 'Queen of Romance' Barbara Cartland. Plus, there's an inside look at Bounce music, a scene populated by 'Sissy Rappers'.
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The State We're In - Souvenirs of war
A British bomb disposal officer talks about nearly losing his ...
A British bomb disposal officer talks about nearly losing his life and his government's refusal to recognize his PTSD. An American journalist investigates an attempt by the Dutch government to return the preserved head of a tribal chief back to his descendants in Ghana. And we meet a Dutch woman who has adopted the grave, and maybe the soul, of an American soldier who she has never met.
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The State We're In - Transformations
This week on TSWI...Transformations. This week the incredible life story ...
This week on TSWI...Transformations. This week the incredible life story of the philosopher who used to be a bank robber. An Indian Dalit, or untouchable, talks about how she went from abused, low caste child-bride to head of a multi-million dollar corporation. Two women, each from warring tribes in Kenya, tell tales of the great risks they took to help those in need, even those from the other side. A transsexual Australian soccer star switches to the women's league and causes a massive controversy, but scores a huge political victory.
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The State We're In - Kidnapped (2011)
Unlikely Reunions: after a British man was taken hostage in ...
Unlikely Reunions: after a British man was taken hostage in Colombia, he becomes friends with one of his captors, surprising everyone including himself and we meet a Norwegian filmmaker who embedded himself with the Taliban to put (he says) a human face on them. Finally, some of your letters!
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The State We're In - Trapped
An Indian seaman on being held hostage off the coast ...
An Indian seaman on being held hostage off the coast of Somalia for 238 days. An Englishman lives the high life for a few years before spending the next two years in what may be the worst jail in America. And a disabled man in Australia on the challenges of having a fulfilling sex life as a disabled person.
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The State Were In The power of stories
The Power of Stories, featuring a brain researcher, a UN ...
The Power of Stories, featuring a brain researcher, a UN Rapporteur on Torture, a portrait photographer for the New Yorker and the Egyptian blogger, Sandmonkey.
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The State We're In - Behind enemy lines
We talk to an ex-FBI agent and a journalist from ...
We talk to an ex-FBI agent and a journalist from Ghana who have gone undercover to expose wrongdoings. And a South African journalist believes that her ancestors may be calling her to become a sangoma, or traditional healer. But it's a calling shed rather not heed.
